Creative Methods for Sport, Exercise and Physical Activity Research

An Introduction for Researchers and Practitioners
1. Auflage 2027
ISBN: 978-1-041-21784-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 212 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Creative Methods for Sport, Exercise and Physical Activity Research provides an accessible overview where the scientific and theoretical basis for different creative methods are explored, alongside guidelines to use these methods. Creative methods encourage participants and researchers to engage in creative practices, such as artistic, written, or imaginative ways to explore research questions. Such methods offer a unique approach to data collection, analysis, and presentation which can help deepen understanding of how and why and people undertake sport, exercise and physical activity.

This pioneering text offers a comprehensive and straightforward introduction to key topics relating to the use of creative methods for research and practice. Written by international experts and practitioners in the field, the book provides essential guidance for effective use of different creative methods. Each chapter highlights the literature base for different creative methods that may be effective to explore issues relating to sport, exercise and physical activity and then provides practical solutions that researchers and practitioners can use.

Creative Methods for Sport, Exercise and Physical Activity Research is key reading for both undergraduate and postgraduate students on sport science courses with a research methods module component.

Zielgruppe

Academic, Professional Reference, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Duncan, Michael

Howells, Kristy

Martins, Ricardo

Fitton Davies, Katie

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Sport, Sportwissenschaft: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Berufliche Bildung Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten, Studientechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction. The Importance of Creative Methods to Explore Experiences of Sport, Exercise and Physical Activity.

2. Write, Draw, Show and Tell

3. Photo-based methods (Elicitation, Photography and Photo Voice)

4. Ethnodrama

5. Using Digital Health Technologies to Promote and Understand Movement

6. Comics

7. Creation and Use of Artefacts

8. Multi Methods

9. Giving Voice to Movement: Storytelling as a Creative Method in Sport and Physical Activity Research

10. Letters to My Younger Self

11. Using Workshops throughout the Research Lifecycle

12. Working with Children and Adolescents

13. Specific Considerations when Employing Creative Methods with Neurodivergent Populations

14. Specific Considerations when Employing Creative Methods with Older Adults

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Duncan is Professor of Physical Activity and Health at Coventry University, UK. A Fellow of both the Chartered Association for Sport and Exercise Sciences and the International Motor Development Research Consortium, his work focuses on the benefits of movement in enhancing health, sport and exercise performance with a particular emphasis in working with children and young people and older adult groups.

Kristy Howells is Professor of Children’s Health and Movement at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. Her research focuses on children’s health, physical activity, and nutrition. She has previously chaired the AIESEP’s Early Years Group, co-written national position papers on early years and is part of a Parliamentary group. A passionate cyclist, she’s a former World Masters Track Sprint Champion.

Ricardo Martins is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Alberta, Canada. His research explores how movement experiences influence cognition, neurodevelopment, and developmental health across childhood. He has a particular interest in creative and participatory research methods, including Write-Draw-Show-and-Tell and Living Labs, to understand children’s experiences of sport, physical activity, and exercise and to inform the design of child-centred interventions.

Katie Fitton Davies is a Senior Lecturer of Physical Education and Movement Science at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. Her research interests focus on skill acquisition and motivation and is predominantly involved in school-based interventions, with a particular focus on early years and primary school-aged children using creative methods like the write, draw, show and tell.